This section contains bootleg videos (audience recordings) and televised concerts of The Pogues from 2001 to 2009.
With the advent of digital cameras and mobile phone cameras with movie mode, countless video clips are now circulating amongst fans and on websites such as YouTube. However, as many of these clips are of inferior quality and only feature a minute or so of each song, it has been decided that this website will only document videos of complete songs.
23-Dec-01
Brixton Academy, London, England
105 min. Bootleg Video with Lila MacMahon
Streams Of Whiskey / I Should Fall From Grace With God / Boys From The County Hell / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Turkish Song Of The Damned / A Rainy Night In Soho / Tuesday Morning (Spider Stacy vocals) / Medley / Rain Street / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / White City / The Old Main Drag / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Body Of An American / Lullaby Of London / Dirty Old Town / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane / Fairytale Of New York (with Lila MacMahon) / Fiesta / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / The Irish Rover / The Parting Glass
Filmed from the balcony. This is the only video to have surfaced from the 2001 Reunion shows
16-Dec-04
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
3 min. Bootleg Video
Streams Of Whiskey
17-Dec-04
Carling Academy, Birmingham, England
57 min. Bootleg Video with Cait O'Riordan
Tuesday Morning / Rain Street / Medley / I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday (Cait O'Riordan vocals) / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / White City / The Old Main Drag / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Body Of An American / Lullaby Of London / Dirty Old Town / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
Filmed from the balcony. This is by far the best video to have surfaced from any of the Reunion shows.
15-Jul-05
Guilfest, Guildford, Surrey, England
8 min. Bootleg Video
Turkish Song Of The Damned (incomplete) / Broad Majestic Shannon / Dirty Old Town (incomplete)
13-Dec-05
Glasgow Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
42 min. Bootleg Video
Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Turkish Song Of The Damned / Young Ned Of The Hill / A Rainy Night In Soho / Tuesday Morning / Rain Street / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / White City
Awful picture and sound - filmed with mobile phone camera? For completists only.
18-Dec-05
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
34 min. Bootleg Video with Ella Finer
If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Turkish Song Of The Damned / White City / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Dirty Old Town / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane / The Irish Rover / Star Of The County Down / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer) / Fiesta
Filmed from the balcony. The first eight tracks were filmed with a zoom lens. The remaining tracks are more distant and were probably recorded on a mobile phone camera. The only decent video footage from the 2005 Xmas shows.
06-Oct-06
Shibuya-AX, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
43 min. Bootleg Video with Ella Finer
Streams Of Whiskey / Boys From The County Hell / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / Sally MacLennane / A Rainy Night In Soho / The Irish Rover / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer) / Fiesta
Very nice footage, filmed with from the balcony with a Canon IXY camera in movie mode.
10-Oct-06
The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA
11 min. Bootleg Video with Ella Finer
Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Fina)
19-Oct-06
The Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 min. Bootleg Video
The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / Sally MacLennane / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane
14-Dec-06
Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
31 min. Bootleg Video
Turkish Song Of The Damned / Boys From The County Hell / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / The Irish Rover / Poor Paddy / Fiesta
Filmed from the side of the stage, good view but a little on the dark side. Shane sings "Happy Birthday" to Spider.
17-Dec-06
Brixton Academy, London, England
51 min. Bootleg Video
Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Turkish Song Of The Damned / Young Ned Of The Hill / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Boys From The County Hell / White City / Tuesday Morning / Kitty / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Sunnyside Of The Street / The Body Of An American
Video CD - dark picture and poor sound. Shane dedicates "Boys From The County Hell" to Tommy McManamon who died on two days earlier.
17-Dec-06
Brixton Academy, London, England
26 min. Bootleg Video
Streams Of Whiskey / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Boys From Country Hell / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / The Irish Rover / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer) / Fiesta
Filmed from further back in the crowd than the above version, but better sound quality.
12-Aug-07
Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, Belgium
41 min. Bootleg Video. Without Philip Chevron, James Walbourne on guitar
Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Turkish Song Of The Damned / Boys From The County Hell / Tuesday Morning / Kitty / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Sunnyside Of The Street / The Body Of An American / Dirty Old Town
Quite dark with much of the footage filmed form the video screen.
14-Dec-07
Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
99 min. Bootleg Video with Ella Finer. Without Philip Chevron, James Walbourne on guitar
Transmetropolitan / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Turkish Song Of The Damned / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Dark Streets Of London / Tuesday Morning (Spider Stacy vocals) / Sayonara / Summer In Siam / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Thousands Are Sailing / Boys From The County Hell / Dirty Old Town / Greenland Whale Fisheries / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Streams Of Whiskey / A Rainy Night In Soho / Sally MacLennane / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer) / Fiesta
Excellent close up footage, filmed from the stalls on the right hand side of the stage.
19-Dec-07
Brixton Academy, London, England
45 min. Bootleg Video with Ella Finer. Without Philip Chevron, James Walbourne on guitar
Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Broad Majestic Shannon / The Turkish Song Of The Damned / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Dark Streets Of London / Tuesday Morning (Spider Stacy vocals) / Sayonara / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Kitty / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American (incomplete) / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer)(parts missing)
Video CD - dark picture, filmed from the stalls on the left hand side of the stage.
16-Aug-08
V Festival, JJB Champion Arena, Chelmsford, England (4Music TV, UK)
9 min. Without Philip Chevron
A Rainy Night In Soho / Dirty Old Town
4 Music (part of Channel 4 TV) broadcast from the V Festival for 12 hours. Only two songs were broadcast from The Pogues set.
15-Dec-08
02 Academy, Birmingham, England
73 min. Bootleg Video
The Broad Majestic Shannon / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Sayonara / Tuesday Morning (Spider Stacy vocals) / Kitty / The Body Of An American / Metropolis / Lullaby Of London / Dirty Old Twon / Bottle Of Smoke / The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane / A Rainy Night In Soho / The Irish Rover / Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer) / Fiesta
17-Jul-09
Madstock, Victoria Park, London, England
22 min. Bootleg Video
If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Turkish Song Of The Damned / Dirty Old Town / Sally MacLennane / A Rainy Night In Soho / Fiesta
The footage has been combined from two sources - some songs are incomplete.
19-Jul-09
Splendour Festival, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England
35 min. Bootleg Video
Turkish Song Of The Damned / A Pair Of Brown Eyes / A Rainy Night In Soho / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Dirty Old Town / Fiesta
The footage has been combined from two sources - some songs are incomplete.
23-Jul-09
The Boogaloo, Archway Road, London, England
32 min. Bootleg Video. Without Philip Chevron and Terry Woods. James Walbourne on guitar
The Body Of an American / Transmetropolitan / Kitty / Down In The Hole (Spider Stacy vocals)(incomplete) / Sally Maclenanne / If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Spider introduces George Pelecanos who talks about the writing of, and reads an extract from, his new novel "The Way Home". The footage comes from two sources: Down In The Hole and If I Should Fall From Grace With God were filmed from the right hand side of the stage whilst the other tracks were filmed from the right hand side.
As the band walk off stage, Darryl Hunt steps up to the microhone and says: "I hope we passed the audition” - John Lennon originally used this quote on the Apple rooftop in Savile Row, London at the end of the very last Beatles performance in 1969.
